1967 STRATOCASTER CHARACTERISTICSSpecs: No significant changes from 1966. The transition logo is still in use.

Type: 1967 Stratocaster

Serial #: Unknown

Remarks: None.

Above photo credits: The former Strat Collector site

Type: 1967 Stratocaster ("Marauder/Swinger")

Serial #: Unknown

Remarks: A very rare, very unusual guitar. This one-off was built for Fender employee Freddie Tavares. The allusion to "Marauder" is because the Marauder model was supposed to have no visible pickups. Neither has this one. There are four pickups under the pickguard, with each pickup having a 3-way switch for in-phase, out-of-phase or off. The allusion to "Swinger" seems to refer to the "mutated Stratocaster" headstock, that doesn't look like a Swinger headstock either, however.

Above photo credits: This picture was scanned from Yasuhiko Iwanade's "The Galaxy of Strats" (see bibliography for details on this amazing book).

Type: 1968 all Rosewood Stratocaster

Serial #: 231697

Remarks: The legendary all-rosewood Stratocaster. Normally, only the fretboard is made of rosewood.

Above photo credits: This picture was scanned from Yasuhiko Iwanade's "The Galaxy of Strats" (see bibliography for details on this amazing book).

Type: The Famous Hendrix/Zappa guitar

Serial #: Unknown

Remarks: One of the most infamous guitars of all time. Jimi Hendrix burned this guitar, Frank Zappa bought the remains, and after Frank died his son Dweezil got it. It's been repaired to be playable, and Frank Zappa has recorded with it. It's been heavily modified, in fact it already looks completely different from the 70's "Guitar Player" magazine cover it appeared on when Frank Zappa still had it. But it's very likely a late 60's Stratocaster.Click here for a more detailed picture of the body.

Above photo credits: Ripped callously from the Official Zappa web site, where it was offered for sale in 2001 by owner Dweezil Zappa for a mere US$ 1,000,000 :-)